as in vice
the practice of engaging in sexual activities for money
prostitution is illegal in most states
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Recent Examples of prostitution
Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges, which included counts of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
But all the drinking, gambling, and prostitution was above ground and out in the open.
—JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2025
The filing on Monday does not explain the grounds on which Combs will base his appeal, but his attorneys have previously argued the conviction should not stand because the statute, transportation for the purposes of prostitution, does not apply.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges, which included counts of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
But all the drinking, gambling, and prostitution was above ground and out in the open.
—JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2025
The filing on Monday does not explain the grounds on which Combs will base his appeal, but his attorneys have previously argued the conviction should not stand because the statute, transportation for the purposes of prostitution, does not apply.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prostitution
harlotry
Noun
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Within the slippery world of harlotry—where class can be transcended and humanity bought—relationships form that defy our historical assumptions about the bounded categories of human experience.—
Sarah Marshall,
New Republic,
2 June 2017
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That's how my job eventually descended into harlotry: through the endless cat-and-mouse game of porntrepreneurs subverting Google's anti-smut policies.—
Lucas Peterson,
GQ,
22 May 2017
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“Prostitution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prostitution. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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